Improvement in envelopes



E. J'. NOLIN.

ENVELOPE. N0.171,306. Patented Dec. 21,1875.

WITN ESSES.

NPETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGNAPHER. WASHXNGTON. D O,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

ERNEST J. N OLIN OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,306, dated December21, 1875; application filed April 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST J. NoLiN, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new, useful, and 1mprovedEnvelope for protecting furs and other articles from moths and otherinsects while the articles are not in use; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear,-and exact description of my invention,and that the same, in connection with the accompanyin g drawings forminga part hereof, will en able others skilled in the art to which my inven-,tion appertains to make and use the said envelope for the purposes forwhich it is intended.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of anenvelope embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a rear elevation thereof.Fig. 3 is a section.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My object is to make a cheap envelope or wrapper especially adapted forthe purposes set forth; and to that end I make the envelope of toughpaper, preferably lined with linen or other suitable lining, andconstructed substantially as hereinafter described.

A represents the envelope, which consists of a bag made of tough paper,preferably lined in the manner herejnbefo're referred to, andhermetically sealed, excepting at the mouth or opening a. It will beobserved that this opening lies across one side of the bag, andis'arranged below the top thereof. Above the opening a is a flap, c, onthe under side of which dry mucilage is spread. This flap is constructedand arranged to admit of the opening a being wholly covered by it, andis preferably extended into the lateral wings e e, also covered, ontheir rear sides, with dry mucilage. Above the flap care the eyelets ee. In order to prevent the eyelets from being torn from the bagI deem itpreferable to seal together those parts of the bag through which theypass, thus making that part of the bag tougher and stronger. c is a cordor loop arranged in the eyelets to admit of the bag being suspendedthereby. The eyelets and loop, however, are only essential for thispurpose. This envelope is made in one piece, preferably, one end ofwhich forms the lower edge of the flap, and the other end of which formsthe lower edge of the opening a. The sides or lateral edges of one partof this piece are folded over the lateral edges of the other part, asrepresented at d d, the remaining part of the construction beingcompleted by folding down the flap in the manner shown and Having thusdescribed my invention, whatv I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, the envelope or bag A, having in oneside the horizontal opening a, arranged below the upper end thereof, andprovided with the eyelets c 6, arranged in its upper end, and with theflap 0 arranged below the said eyelets and above the said opening,substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

' ERNEST J. NOLIN.

Witnesses:

F. A. HERRING, J. H. LAwLoR;

